human sacrifice (Morning Star ceremony)
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:ritual
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| gptkbp:abolished |
early 19th century
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Morning_Star_ceremony
|
| gptkbp:documentedIn |
ethnographers
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
human sacrifice (Morning Star ceremony)
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Great_Plains
|
| gptkbp:performedBy |
gptkb:Pawnee_people
|
| gptkbp:period |
pre-19th century
|
| gptkbp:prohibits |
gptkb:U.S._government
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
ensure fertility and renewal
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Pawnee cosmology
|
| gptkbp:religion |
gptkb:Pawnee_traditional_religion
|
| gptkbp:rituals |
cathedral
sacred fire sacred bundle |
| gptkbp:significance |
symbolic offering to the Morning Star
|
| gptkbp:victim |
captive girl
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pawnee_traditional_religion
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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